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TheInvisibleRainbow:AHistoryofElectricityandLife

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Introduction

1.1

Abouttheauthor

Arthur Firstenberg is a scientist and journalist who is at the forefront of a global

movementtoteardownthetaboosurroundingthissubject.AftergraduatingPhiBetaKappa

from Cornell University with a degree in mathematics, he attended the University of

California,IrvineSchoolofMedicinefrom1978to1982.InjurybyX-rayoverdosecutshort

hismedicalcareer.Forthepastthirty-sevenyearshehasbeenaresearcher,consultant,and

lectureronthehealthandenvironmentaleffectsofelectromagneticradiation,aswellasa

practitionerofseveralhealingarts.

1.2

AbouttheBook

This remarkably well-documented and -referenced book is a cornerstone in the

sensethatittracesthedeploymentofelectricityinourcivilization,intermsofitsinteraction

withlivingorganisms,fromitsinitialdiscoveryinthe1740sallthewaytoourtime,andeven

projected into the future. It should be noted that the title refers to the entire

electromagnetic spectrum comprising the colors of the rainbow, including the invisible

frequenciessuchasradiofrequenciesandthefieldsgeneratedaroundconductingwires.

Part1 Fromtheverybeginning…

1.

CapturedinaBottle

1746sawthefirstdiscoveriesinvolvingelectricityinEurope.Leyden’sexperiment

consistedofrevealingtheelectricfluidbymeansofrubbingthehandonaglassglobespun

rapidly on its axis. The static electricity thus produced made a great impression in the

schools, fairs and on private persons who had the financial means to acquire this device,

withsomeproducingelectricalarcsandothersbriefelectricshocks.Thephenomenonwas

sopopularthatitwasnotsociallyacceptabletosuggestthatelectricitycouldbedangerous,

eventhoughtheshockscausedheadaches,nosebleedsandfatigueincertainexperimenters

andintheanimalsusedinthetests.Societywastakenoverbyelectromaniaandthemost

fervent exponents of being electroshocked in good company between two glasses of

champagne began to perceive harmful symptoms. In spite of this, the medical

establishments equipped themselves with the Leyden flask (the forerunner of the

condenser), for the purpose of carrying out medical experiments for abortions or other
applications.

Inthiswayacompletelynewfieldofknowledgeemergedconcerningthebiological

effectsofelectricityonpeople,plantsandanimals–knowledgethatwasthenmuchmore

extensivethanthatofourcontemporaryphysicians,whodailyseepatientssufferingfrom

theeffectsofelectricitywithoutrecognizingthemforwhattheyare,andwhoaregenerally

ignorantoftheveryexistenceofthisknowledge.

2.

TheDeaftoHear,andtheLametoWalk

Notingthe–rarelypositive,andfarmoreoftennegative–effectsoftheapplication

ofelectricalvoltageonlivingorganisms,theresearchersandphysiciansconcludedthatliving

organismsfunctioninconjunctionwithelectricity.Certaincureswerebroughtaboutusing

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electricity – as for example in 1851, when the neurologist Duchenne treated deafness in

dozensofpatientsbymeansoflocallyappliedelectricalimpulses.Experimentswerecarried

out–notablybyVoltainItaly,aswellasotherresearchersinthewesternworld–which

found evidence that the nervous, cardiac, cardiovascular, gustatory, sudatory and other

systemscouldbestimulatedusingtheelectricityproducedbygalvaniccouples.Itwasfound

thatthenumberofcurative effects were significantly fewer than the harmful effects that

were listed, which include the symptoms of electro-sensitivity (ES) known today, such as

headaches,dizziness,nausea,mentalconfusion,fatigue,depression,insomnia,etc.

3.

ElectricalSensitivity

The French botanist Thomas-François Dalibard – who carried out electrical

experimentsonlivingorganisms–confidedinalettertoBenjaminFranklindated1762that

hewasunabletocontinuehisworkashisownorganismhaddevelopedanintoleranceto

electricity. He was one of the first people to be officially declared electro-hypersensitive

(EHS).Readingthataccount,itisclearthatthisbotanistmusthavebeenseverelyaffected.

Other professors and researchers had the same unfortunate experience and were thus

forcedtostoptheirwork.EventhefamousBenjaminFranklinwasaffectedbyaneurological

illnessduringhisresearchesonelectricityfrom1753onwards,andthesymptomsarelargely
reminiscentofelectro-hypersensitivity.Somuchsothat,attheendofthe18thcentury,it

wasgenerallyacknowledgedthatelectricitycouldmakepeopleill,dependingonthesex,the

morphology and the physical condition of the individual concerned. It had similarly been

observed that certain individuals reacted strongly to changes in the weather, which often

correlated with electrical changes in the atmosphere. The names of some of those

individuals are still famous today – among them Christopher Columbus, Dante, Charles

Darwin, Benjamin Franklin, Goethe, Victor Hugo, Leonardo da Vinci, Martin Luther,

Michelangelo,Mozart,Napoleon,RousseauandVoltaire.

4.

TheRoadNotTaken

During the 1790s, science was faced with an identity crisis regarding the

interpretationandunificationofthefourdifferentfluids–electricity,light,magnetismand

heat. Where electricity was concerned, on the one hand there was Luigi Galvani, who

regardedelectricityasanintegralpartofthelivingorganism,andontheotherVolta'stheory

that electricity was only a “secondary” effect of internal chemical reactions in the living

organism. Volta, the inventor of the extremely useful electric battery, which had the

potentialtobecomeagreatmoney-spinner,succeededinwinningtheargumentagainstthe

moreglobalviewoftheinteractionbetweenelectricityandthelivingorganism.

5.

ChronicElectricalIllness

Fromtheendofthe19thcenturyonwards,urbanlandscapesweretransformedby

the installation of telegraph lines throughout the industrialized countries. This technology

usedvoltagesoftheorderof80voltsonasingleconductor,withthereturncurrentbeing

earthed.

That period saw the emergence of the first stray currents to which living beings

wereexposed.Itwasthenthatonesawtheappearanceofdiseasesofcivilizationsuchas

neurasthenia, which afflicted Frank Lloyd Wright and Theodore Roosevelt, among other

well-knownfigures.Itshouldbenotedinpassingthatneurastheniaisverysimilartoelectro-

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hypersensitivity, which is the more modern term for the same sensitivity to electricity.

Around half of the telegraphists who were employed to manipulate the electrical current

sentthroughthelines,andwerethusexposedtoverystrongelectromagneticfields,were

afflictedbytelegraphicsickness.Onceagain,thesymptomswerethesameasthoseofEHS.

Lateron,inaround1915,itwasthetelephoneoperatorswhowereexperiencingthesame

symptoms–fortheywereexposedtoelectromagneticfieldsfromthecommunicationsfor

hoursonendattheirdesks.In1989,itwasnotedthatinWinnipeg47%ofthetelephone

operatorsweresufferingfromthesamesymptoms.

However,in1894,thenotedViennesepsychiatristSigmundFreudwroteanarticle

whoseeffectwasdisastrousforalltheunfortunateswhosufferedfromtelegraphicsickness,

neurasthenia,microwavesyndromeorEHS.Ratherthanseeingtheexternalcause‒which

was electromagnetic pollution – he attributed these symptoms to disordered thoughts or

poorlycontrolledemotions.Asaresult,todaymillionsofcitizensaffectedbyelectronicsmog

are being medicated instead of reducing their exposure to this pollutant. Sigmund Freud

renamed neurasthenia – which was known to be caused by electricity – as a neurosis

anxiety, an anxiety attack or a panic attack. This opened the way for the reckless

deploymentofelectrificationtocontinueunimpeded.

ItshouldbenotedthatinRussia,neurastheniaislistedasanenvironmentalillness,

asFreud'sdamagingredefinitionwasrejectedthere.

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TheBehaviorofPlants

Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose and other researchers conducted numerous electrical

experimentsonplantsandotherlivingorganisms,whoseresultsshoweddefiniteeffects.He

discovered that the nerves of plants or animals display variable behavior and that their

resistivitycanvaryconsiderably,dependingontheapplicationofthecurrentanditspolarity.

He also noted that the intensity of current necessary to modify the conductivity of the

nerves is infinitesimal in terms of the voltage applied – something in the order of 0.3

microamperes(0.3*10

-6

).Thatcurrentissignificantlylessthanthecurrentthatisinduced

through a telephone conversation using a cell phone. Bose likewise discovered that the

thresholdofacurrent’sbioactivityis1femtoampere(1*10

-15

)!Asthisresearcherwasalso

familiarwithradio-frequencytransmissions,hecarriedoutanexperimentinwhichaplant

wasexposedtoaradiosignalof30MHzatadistanceofabout218yards(200meters)and

foundthattheplant'sgrowthwasretardedduringtheemissionperiod.Helikewiseshowed

that the circulation of sap in the plant slowed down when it was irradiated by the same

radiosignal.

7.

AcuteElectricalIllness

During the 1880s, London was supplied with direct current, but certain physicists

haddiscoveredthatthedistributionofalternatingcurrentgeneratedfewerohmiclossesin

the wires. There followed a battle of the currents, even though many scientists, including

Edison,stronglycriticizedthemoredangerouseffectsofalternatingcurrent.Ironically,it’s

preciselybecausealternatingcurrentismoreharmfulthatitisusedintheelectricchair.And

aseveryoneknows,theelectricalcurrentofthepowergridis…alternating!

In1889,full-scaleelectrificationwascarriedoutintheUSAand,shortlythereafter,

inEurope.Thatsameyear,asifbychance,doctorswereinundatedwithcasesofflu,which

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had until then appeared only infrequently. The victims’ symptoms were far more

neurologicalinnature,resemblingneurasthenia,anddidnotincluderespiratorydisorders.

Thepandemiclastedforfouryearsandkilledatleastamillionpeople.

In 2001, Canadian astronomer Ken Tapping showed that the influenza pandemics

overthepreviousthreecenturiescorrelatedwithpeaksinsolarmagneticactivity,onan11-

yearcycle.Ithasalsobeenfoundthatsomeoutbreaksofinfluenzaspreadoverenormous

areasinjustafewdays–afactthatisdifficulttoexplainbycontagionfromonepersonto

another. Also, numerous experiments seeking to prove direct contagion through close

contact,dropletsofmucusorotherprocesseshaveprovedfruitless.

From 1933 to the present day, virologists have been unable to present any

experimentalstudyprovingthatinfluenzaspreadsthroughnormalcontactbetweenpeople.

Allattemptstodosohavemetwithfailure.

8.

MysteryonthelsleofWight

In1904,beesbegantodieontheIsleofWightfollowingtheinstallationofradio

transmittersbyMarconi.Thesetransmittersworkatfrequenciesclosetomegahertzlevels.

On the other side of the Channel, Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval showed that “sharp

andhooked”electromagneticsignalsarefarmoretoxicthansinusoidalsignals.

Thetruthwasthat,afterayearandahalfofexperimentingwithradiotransmitters

infullhealthattheageof22,Marconibegantodevelopfevers.Theseattackscontinuedfor

therestofhislife.In1904,whileworkingonsettingupatransmitterpowerfulenoughfor

transatlanticcommunications,thesefeversbecamesointensethattheywerethoughttobe

malaria.In1905,hemarriedBeatriceO'Brienandaftertheirhoneymoon,theysettledon

theislandclosetoatransmitter.AssoonasBeatricehadsettledin,shebegantocomplainof

tinnitus.Afterthreemonths,shefellillwithseverejaundice.ShehadtoreturntoLondonto

givebirthtoababywhoonlylivedforafewweeksanddiedof“unknowncauses.”During

thesameperiod,Marconispentseveralmonthssufferingfromfeveranddelirium.Between

1918and1921,hesufferedsuicidaldepressionwhileworkingonashortwavetransmitter.In

1927,whileonhishoneymoonfromhissecondmarriage,hecollapsedwithchestpainand

was diagnosed with serious cardiac disorders. Between 1934 and 1937, while he was

developingmicrowavetechnology,hehadnineheartattacks–thefinalonekillinghimat

theageof63.

On the same island, at Osborne House, Queen Victoria suffered cerebral

hemorrhagesanddiedontheeveningofJanuary22

nd

1901,justasMarconiwasputtinga

newtransmitterintooperationlessthan13milesaway.

In1901therewere“only”twotransmitters,whilein1904therewerefour,making

this island the most irradiated place on the planet, leaving bees no room for survival. In

1906,asurveyrevealedthat90%ofthebeeshadcompletelydisappearedfornoapparent

reason.Newcolonieswerebroughttotheisland,buttheselikewisediedwithinaweek.

This epidemic spread across England and then across the western world, and then

graduallystabilized,untilthearmiesequippedthemselveswithvarioushigh-poweredradio

transmitters towards the end of the First World War – triggering (as we have seen) the

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Spanishflupandemicin1918,whichactuallybeganintheUnitedStates,attheNavalRadio

SchoolofCambridge,Massachusetts,with400initialcases.Thisepidemicrapidlyspreadto

1,127 soldiers at Funston Camp (Kansas), where wireless connections had been installed.

Whatintriguedthedoctorswasthatwhile15%ofthecivilianpopulationweresufferingfrom

nosebleeds,40%oftheNavysufferedfromthem.Otherbleedingalsooccurred,andathird

ofthosewhodieddidsoduetointernalhemorrhagingofthelungsorbrain.Infact,itwas

thecompositionofthebloodthathadbeenaltered,asthemeasuredcoagulationtimewas

morethantwiceaslongasnormal.Thesesymptomsareincompatiblewiththeeffectsofthe

influenzarespiratoryviruses,buttotallyconsistentwiththedevastatingeffectsofelectricity.

Anotherincongruitywasthattwo-thirdsofthevictimswerehealthyyoungpeople.Afurther

atypicalflusymptomwasthatthepulseslowedtoratesofbetween36and48,whereasthis

is a common result of exposure to electromagnetic fields. In addition, it was possible to

successfullytreatsomesuffererswithmassivedosesofcalcium.

The military physician Dr George A. Soper testified that the virus was spreading

faster than the speed of movement of people. Various experiments were conducted

attemptingtoinfectsubjectseitherbydirectclosecontactorbyinoculationwithmucusor

blood–buttheexperimenterswereunabletodemonstrateanyinfectionbythismeans.

Itcanbeseenthateachnewinfluenzapandemiccorrespondstoanewadvancein

electricaltechnology,suchastheAsianfluof1957-58,followingtheinstallationofa

powerfulradarsurveillancesystem,andtheoutbreakofHongKongflufromJuly1968

onwards,followingthecommissioningof28militarysatellitesforspacesurveillanceatthe

altitudeoftheVanAllenbelts,whichprotectusfromcosmicradiation.

9.

Earth’sElectricEnvelope

Withacoreconsistingmainlyofiron,therotatingearthisprimarilyprotectedby

theionosphere,thentheplasmasphere–delimitedbytheVanAllenradiationbeltsatan

altitude of between 1,000 and 55,000 km – and by its tail: the magnetosphere, which is

exposed to solar winds originating from our sun and constitutes a kind of dynamo, a

complex electrical system. The exchanges of electricity between the earth's crust, the

atmosphereandeventheionospherearepermanentandconstant.Theyareinadelicate

balance, and a kind of electrical “respiration” of the entire system has allowed life to

develop on our planet, which is charged with negative ions, balanced by the positively

chargedionosphere.Anaverageverticalelectricalfieldoftheorderof130voltspermeter

can be observed, with values that can, for example, rise to 4,000 volts per meter during

storms. In 1953, one of the primary parameters of this electrical oscillation of our

environment was discovered, in the form of (Winfried) Schumann’s frequencies, which

“respire”at7.83hertz,withharmonicsat14,20,26,32Hz,calledverylowfrequencies(VLF).

Itisnowonderthattheorganismslivinginthisenvironmentareimbuedwiththese

physicalvaluesandthat,forexample,ourbrainrhythmsliewithinthesefrequencyranges–

suchasthealpharhythm,whichliesbetween8and13Hz.Whileweperceivethevisible

frequencies–rangingfrombluetored–oftheelectromagneticspectrum,someanimalsare

able to see other electromagnetic frequencies – such as bees, which can see ultraviolet

frequencies,orthosesalamandersorcatfishwhichcanseethelowelectricalfrequencies,
whilesnakesareabletoseetheinfraredfrequencies.

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Laboratory experiments on hamsters, for example, showed that reducing the

temperature and shortening the duration of daylight was not enough to put them into

hibernation.Similarly,hamstersraisedinFaradaycagesrefusedtohibernate,eventhough

the light and temperature parameters corresponded to those of winter, until the Faraday

protectionwasremoved.Otherexperimentswereconducted,suchasthatcarriedoutatthe

Max Plank Institute in 1967 by the physiologist Rütger Wever, using two buried rooms

withoutwindowsoroutsidecontact–oneshieldedfromnaturalelectromagneticfields,the

other one not. It was shown that in the shielded chamber, the circadian rhythms of the

volunteersbecamedesynchronizedandcouldvarybetween12and65hours,accompanied

by metabolic disorders, while the subjects in the chamber immersed in the earth's fields

kept a coherent rhythm of around 24 hours and their metabolism continued to function

more normally. It has been scientifically demonstrated that a living organism needs to be

bathedintheelectromagneticsystemofournaturalenvironmentinordertofunctionwell.

Moreoveracupuncture,theancientmethodusedinTraditionalChineseMedicine,

works by using our own electrical properties and modifying the energy flow of the

meridians.Ithasbeenknownforsometime(sincethe1950s)thatthesemeridiansactually

correspond to electrical circuits and that the Chinese Qi corresponds to the concept of

electricity. These meridians serve dual functions: they not only transport information and
energy internally from one organ of the body to another, but also serve as antennas for

pickinguptheflowofenvironmentalelectromagneticenergy.

Intheearly1970s,atmosphericphysicistsdiscoveredthattheearth'smagneticfield

wassignificantlydisturbedbyhumanelectricalactivity.Byinjectingasignalintospaceand

capturing its echo, it was established that the initial signal had in fact been modified by

multiplesofthe60HzpowergridusedinNorthAmerica.

However,thisdiscoverydidnotpreventtheHAARPprojectfrombeinglaunchedto

deliberatelymodifytheelectromagneticpropertiesofourplanet.

Similarly,theVanAllenbeltsthatprotectusfromcosmicrayshavealreadybeen

alteredbyourelectricalactivity–anditmaybethatthesedoublebeltswereoriginallyonly

a single belt which, under the influence of the human emission of electric charges into

space,hasbeendepletedatitscentre.

Satelliteobservationsshowthattheradiationemittedbyhighvoltagelinesoftenhas

theeffectofsuppressingthenaturalradiationoflightning.

Inlightofthisfact,itislogicaltoconcludethattheinfluenzapandemicsofrecent

decadesarelinkedtohumanelectricalactivity.

10.

PorphyrinsandtheBasisofLife

Any transformation of energy in the biological domain involves porphyrins

[pigmentsmadeupoffourpyrrolemolecules].Thefactthatournervesareabletofunction

properlyisthanksinparttoporphyrins,whichplayaroleinourcellprocesses.Theseare

specialmoleculesthatfunctionastheinterfacebetweenoxygenandlife.Thesemolecules
arehighlyreactiveandinteractwithtoxicmetalsorsyntheticelementsderivedfromoil,and

with electromagnetic fields – which, in excess, cause porphyria, which is more an

environmentalsensitivitythanadisease.

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Dr.WilliamE.Morton'sresearchshowedthat90%ofpeoplewithmultiplechemical

sensitivity(MCS)aredeficientinoneformofporphyrinenzymeoranother,asareelectro-

hypersensitiveindividuals–whichmeansthatthetwoformsofsensitivityareonlydifferent

manifestations,withoneandthesamecause.Porphyria,whichwasdiscoveredin1891,

afflictsabout10%oftoday’spopulationandfirstappearedatthesametimeasthegeneral

electrificationofthewesternworldfrom1889onwards.

Porphyrinsarecentraltotheeffectsofelectronicsmog,becausetheynotonlycause

EHS,MCSorporphyria, but also cardiovasculardiseases, cancer anddiabetes,astheyare

involvedinamultitudeofenergeticbiologicalprocesses.

In the 1960s, the biologists Allan Frey and Wlodzimierz Sedlak showed that our

organismsdefinitelyhaveabioelectroniccomponent,andthatsomeofourcellssometimes

behavelikeconductorsorcapacitorsorsemi-conductors(transistors),likethecomponents

thatwefindinourelectronicdevices.Thisisthecasewithmyelin–thesheaththatcovers

ournerves–whichcontainsporphyrinbondedtozinc.Shouldenvironmentalpoisonssuch

as chemical products or toxic metals affect this equilibrium, the myelin sheath will be

damaged,whichalterstheexcitabilityofthenervesitsurrounds.Theentirenervoussystem

then becomes hyperresponsive to stimuli of all kinds, such as electromagnetic fields. The
systementersastateofdivergentinstability,theeffectbecomingthecause.

Contrarytotheviewthatmitochondriaaretheelementsofourcellsthatproduce

energy,theconceptofthemyelinsheathasbeingonegiantmitochondrionisbeginningto

gaincredence.

Theconnectionbetweenporphyriaandzincwasdiscoveredinthe1950sbyHenry

Peters, at Wisconsin Medical School. Patients suffering from porphyria and neurological

symptomswereexcretingagreatdealofzincintheirurine,whichledhimtotheideathat

zinc chelation might improve their condition. He did indeed see an improvement, despite

the widespread belief that zinc deficiency is related to those specific disorders. Similarly,

certain experiments have shown that zinc chelation improves Alzheimer's disease. An

Australian medical team demonstrated in autopsies that the brains of patients with

Alzheimer'sdiseasecontainedtwiceasmuchzincasthoseofhealthypatients.

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11.

IrritableHeart

In1980,cardiacarrestinyoungathleteswasrare,withonlyninecasesayear.From

then on, cases steadily increased by 10% per year until 1996, when the rate suddenly

doubledto64cases,risingto66inthefollowingyearand76inthelastyearofthestudy.

The American medical community could find no explanation for this, while in Europe in
2002, German environmental physicians launched an appeal calling for a moratorium on

antennas and cell towers, as the waves they were emitting were causing cardiovascular

disorders.ThatwastheFreiburgAppeal.

Dr. Samuel Milham, an epidemiologist at the Washington State Department of

Health, showed through his work that cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer are

largely,ifnotentirely,causedbyelectricity.

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Paradoxically,studiesofcholesteroldatingfromtheearly20

th

centurydidnotshow

that cholesterol levels correlated with a higher risk of heart disease – contrary to what is

commonlyregardedasfactnowadays.AstudyofanimalsatthePhiladelphiaZooshowed

thatfrom1916to1964,cholesterollevelsinmammalsandbirdsincreasedbyafactorof

between10and20eventhoughtheirdiethadremainedcompletelyunchanged!Theonly

parameterthathaddramaticallychangedwastheincreaseinradiofrequencies.

During the Second World War, a number of soldiers complained of symptoms

similar to those of neurasthenia. It was initially believed, in accordance with Freud’s

doctrine,thatthesesoldiersweresufferingfromanxietyproblems:however,astudyof144

caseswasthenconductedbyDr.MandelCohen.Thisstudyrevealedthatthesoldierswere

infactphysiologicallylessresistantandsufferedfromirritableheart.Theyhaddifficultyin

assimilatingoxygenandhadtobreathetwiceasfastastheircomradesinbetterhealthin

order to get enough oxygen. It emerged that their mitochondria were not functioning

efficiently.Intheend,thestudyshowedthatthesesoldierswerehypersensitiveinageneral

sense,butparticularlytoelectricity.

From the 1950s onwards, scientists in the Soviet Union also observed that radio

frequenciesalteredtheelectrocardiogramsofindividualsexposedtothem,astheymodified
mitochondrialefficiency.

Graphsshowingthestatisticsfordeathratesfromheartdiseasebrokendownby

thedegreeofelectrificationoftheAmericanstatesin1931and1940arealsoveryexplicit

and leave no doubt as to the toxicity of electromagnetic fields for the heart, thus

exoneratingcholesterolanddietsdeemedtoohighinfat.

12.

TheTransformationofDiabetes

Thomas Edison, who was involved in discoveries relating to electrical technology

andwasthereforeexposedtoelectromagneticfieldstoafargreaterextentthanhisfellow

citizens of the time, was diagnosed with diabetes – a disease that was very rare in 1889.

Another researcher, Alexander Graham Bell, who worked in the field of telegraphy and

invented the telephone, was known to constantly complain of the symptoms of

neurasthenia,knownasEHStoday.In1915,hetoowasdiagnosedwithdiabetes.

In1876,thebookDiseasesofModernLifebyWardRichardsondescribeddiabetes

asararemoderndiseasecausedbymentalexhaustionduetooverworkorbyashocktothe

nervoussystem.

Theexcessiveintakeoftoxic,addictivesugarinourmoderndietnaturallyprovides

aconvenientexplanationofwhydiabetes,includingprediabetes,affectsmorethanhalfof

allAmericanstoday.However,thisexplanationistoosimplistic.

Dr.EvenJoslinshowedthatbetween1900and1917,sugarintakehadincreasedby

17%whilemortalityfromdiabeteshaddoubled.Later,in1987,astudyofNativeAmericans

showed radically different rates of death from diabetes, depending on territory, ranging

from7perthousandintheNorth-Westto380perthousandinArizona!Duringthoseyears,
neither lifestyle nor diet could explain such a divergence. One environmental factor,

however, can indeed explain such a difference: the electrification of Native American

reservationsproceededatdifferentpaces,andthoseintheNorth-Westwereonlyelectrified

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much later. By contrast, the Arizona reservation lies in the immediate vicinity of Phoenix.

Moreover, this Native American community had its own power plant and its own

telecommunicationssystem.

AnotherexampleisthepopulationofBrazil–amajorsugarproducerforcenturies,

where diabetes was still unknown in 1870, after it had already emerged as a disease of

civilizationinNorthAmerica.Eventoday,Braziliansconsume70kgofrefinedsugarperyear

andperperson–morethanNorthAmericans:andyettheystillhavetwoandahalftimes

fewercasesofdiabetesthantheUSA.

In Bhutan, diabetes was virtually non-existent until 2002, after which the

electrificationofthecountrybegan.In2004,634newcasesofdiabeteswereannounced,in

2005–944,in2006–1,470,andin2007–2,540,with15deaths.In2012,therewere91

deaths and diabetes was the eighth leading cause of death in the country, even though

people’sdiethadnotchanged!

As we saw in the previous chapter, electronic smog acting on mitochondria

preventstheefficientuseofabsorbedsugar–i.e.thecombustionofsugar.Thesugarwhich

cannotbeconvertedintomechanicalenergyisstoredasfatbythebody.

Statistical graphs for diabetes death rates, broken down by the degree of

electrificationoftheAmericanstatesin1931and1940,arealsoveryexplicitandleaveno

doubt as to the role played by electromagnetic fields in the appearance of large-scale

diabetes,thusexoneratingsugarconsumptiontosomeextent.

In1997,therewasa31%increaseinthenumberofcasesofdiabetesintheUnited

Statesinasingleyear,whichpreciselycorrelatedwiththemassintroductionofcellphones

inthecountry.

13.

CancerandtheStarvationofLife

InFebruary2011,theSupremeCourtofItalyaccusedCardinalRobertoTucci,the

outgoing president of Vatican Radio, of having created a public nuisance by polluting the

environmentwithradiofrequenciesthroughnegligence.Infact,intheperiodfrom1997to

2003, the children living within a 12 km radius of the radio antennas had an eight times

higherrateofleukemia,lymphomasormyelomasthanthosewholivedfurtheraway.The

sameheldtrueforadults,witharateseventimeshigher.

TheGermandoctorandprofessorOttoHeinrichWarburg,winneroftheNobelPrize

for Medicine in 1931, showed that cancer is a regression of oxygen-deprived cells, which

drivesthemtomultiplyanarchically,asinaprimevalworldwhereoxygenwasnotpresentto

the extent that it is today. The initial oxygen deprivation is due to a malfunction of the

mitochondria–which,aswehaveseen,canbecausedbyelectromagneticfieldsorother

pollutants,suchassmoke,pesticides,foodadditivesandairpollution.Thesameprincipleof

cellularoxygendeficiencyappliestodiabetes,whichiswhythereisahigherrateofcancers

amongdiabeticsthanintherestofthepopulation.

AtPhiladelphiaZoo,from1901to1955,ariseintherateofmalignanttumorswas

notedinmammals,varyingfromtwiceto22timesmorebetweenthosedates.

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Cancer death statistics show a clear correlation between the electrification of

countries and cancer rates. For example, in the USA, the rate was 6.6 per thousand from

1841to1850.Itsubsequentlymorethandoubledfrom1851to1860,witharateof14per

thousand. The true explanation for this can be found in the mass deployment of the

telegraphin1854.

In1914,thereweretwodeathsfromcanceramongthe63,000NativeAmericans

livinginreserveswithoutelectrification,whileintherestofthecountrythecancermortality

ratewas25timeshigher.

Between1920and1921,followingtheintroductionofthefirstAMradiostations,

cancermortalityincreasedbybetween3and10%inwesterncountries.

The Swedish researchers Olle Johansson and Orjan Hallberg have shown a clear

correlation between breast, prostate and lung cancer rates and the exposure of the

populationtoradiofrequencies.Theypointtoasignificantincreaseinratesin1920,1955,

1969 and a decrease (!) in 1978, corresponding respectively to the increase in radio

frequencysmogduetotheintroductionofAMradio,FMradioandTV1,thearrivalofcolor

TV2,andthenthecessationofAMradiobroadcasts.Thesesameresearchershavelikewise
found a very clear linear correlation between the number of FM radio transmitters per

regionandtheincidenceofmelanomas,withtheexposedlocationshaving11timesmore

melanomasthanthe“whitezones”.Theyalsofoundthatmelanomasrarelyappearonthose

areasofthebodymostexposedtothesun,suchastheforehead,nose,shouldersandfeet,

butmoreofteninthoseareasofthebodyusuallyprotectedfromthesun.Moreover,the

proliferation of skin cancers occurred before the coming into fashion of seaside holidays,

during which sun exposure is intense. This shows that melanomas are not predominantly

causedbythesun,butbyradiofrequencies.

The statistical graphs of death rates from cancer, as well as from diabetes and

cardiovasculardiseases,brokendownbythedegreeofelectrificationofAmericanstatesin

1931and1940,arelikewiseveryexplicit,leavingnodoubtwhateverthatelectromagnetic

fieldsplayaroleintheincreaseincancers.

Genuine data on brain tumors is hard to find, as the cell phone lobby has been

infiltratingthisfieldfordecadesinordertocommissionbiasedstudies.Oneoftheirstudies

evenshowsadecreaseintheincidenceoftumors,correlatingwiththeintensiveuseofcell

phones! However, the University of Calgary has found evidence of a 30% increase in the

incidenceofmalignantbraintumorsintheperiodfrom2012to2013,andLennartHardell,

Professor of Oncology at the University Hospital of Örebro in Sweden, has demonstrated

that2,000hoursofcellphoneuseincreasestheriskofdevelopingatumorbyafactorof

betweenthreeandeight,dependingontheageofthesubjectandtheirphonehabits.

In 2000, Neil Cherry analyzed the cancer rates of children in San Francisco in

relationtothedistancebetweentheirhomeandthetelevisionandFMradiotransmitterson

SutroTower.Childrenlivingonhillsorridgesweremoreaffected.Thosewholivedwithin1

kmoftheantennahada9timeshigherincidenceofleukemia,a15timeshigherincidenceof

lymphoma and a 31 times higher incidence of brain cancer — overall, an 18 times higher
ratethanthoselivingoutsidethat1kmradius.

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14.

SuspendedAnimation

A Practical Treatise on Nervous Exhaustion (1880) by George Miller Beard, the

electrotherapistandfriendofThomasEdison,containsanintriguingobservation:Although

thesedifficultiesarenotdirectlyfatal,andsodonotappearinthemortalitytables;although,

onthecontrary,theymaytendtoprolonglifeandtoprotectthesystemagainstfebrileand

inflammatory disease, yet the degree of suffering they cause is enormous. Those who

sufferedthemostseemedratheryoungfortheirage.Furthermore,Beardnotedthatone

rare disease seemed more likely to afflict the neurasthenic subjects than the rest of the

population:thatdiseasewasdiabetes.Beardhadalreadyobservedthattheincreaseinlife

expectancydidnotgohandinhandwithlifequality.Themysteriouscorrelationbetween

the sufferings of neurasthenic people – whose symptoms were the same as those of

contemporaryelectro-hypersensitivepeople–andtheprolongationoftheirlivespointedto

amajordysfunction.

Inaddition,ithaslongbeenobservedthatanasceticlifestylewithalow-caloriediet

canincreaselifeexpectancyandhealth.Thisisthecase,forexample,withthepopulationof

Okinawa, where the number of centenarians is forty times greater than those in the

populationofricherprefecturesfurthertothenorth.

Researchersinthefieldofageinghavepointedoutthattheforcethatdrivesand

sustainsourlivesisthesystemofelectrontransportinthemitochondriaofourcells.Itis

herethattheairwebreatheandthefoodweeatarecombined,ataratethatdetermines

our rate of ageing and hence our life expectancy. Whereas the achievement of a slowing

downofthecombustionprocesswithinourcellsthroughmoderatingtheamountofenergy

delivered may be beneficial, another way of slowing down may conversely be disastrous.

Thisisthepoisoningoftheelectrontransportchain.Onepossiblewayofbeingpoisonedis

chronicexposuretoartificialelectromagneticfields.Thisever-increasingpollutionsubjects

theelectronsofourmitochondriatoexternalforces,slowingthemdown,deprivingourcells

ofoxygenandcausingEHSsymptoms.

15.

Youmeanyoucanhearelectricity?

In1962,awomancontactedtheUniversityofSantaBarbara(CA,USA)askingfor

help in finding the source of the mysterious sound that she was hearing everywhere at

home, even though she lived in a quiet residential district. This sound was keeping her

awakeandwasdetrimentaltoherhealth.Measurementsdidindeedshowthatparticularly

strongelectromagneticfieldswereemanatingfromallelectricalconductors,notonlyfrom

thegridbutalsofromtheradiatorsandothermetallicelements,yetthestethoscopeitself

detectednosoundatall.

Theengineercarriedoutanexperiment,recordingthemeasuredfieldsontapeand

playingthemtothewomanaffectedbythesenoises.Sheconfirmedthatthatwaswhatshe

washearing.So,thiswomanwasabletoheartheelectromagneticfieldsinherenvironment.

Grounding facilities and electronic filters were installed to reduce disturbances to an

acceptablelevel.

However, long before that, Volta and other researchers had already conducted

experimentsinwhichtheyhadsuccessfullyproducedvarioussoundsbyapplyingvoltageto

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the ears. Much later, in the late 1960s, the biologist Allan Frey published articles on the

abilityofsomesubjectstohearemissionsfromaradarinstallation.

Themechanicalmodelofthefunctioningoftheearastaughtinschoolsdoesnot

provideanyexplanationfortheseobservedphenomena.Notingthis,thebiochemistLionel

Naftalindevelopedanewmodelofthefunctioningofthehumanear,takingintoaccount

thewell-knownphenomenonofpiezo-electricity(aforceutilizedbyelectronicians),which

he discovered in the gel covering the cilia of the inner ear. In this gel, which is found

nowhereelseinthehumanbodyandhasspecialelectricalproperties,avoltageof100to

120 millivolts was present – which is considered high in the field of bioelectronics. This

piezo-electricgeltransformssoundwavesintoanelectricalsignalthatiscommunicatedto

theciliaoftheinnerear.Thisnew,revisedmodelofthefunctioningofthehumanearnot

onlyexplainstheabilityofcertainsubjectstohearanelectromagneticsignalundercertain

conditions,butalsowhysomodern-daypeoplesufferfromtinnitus,andwhycertaingroups

ofpeople,amountingto2to11%oftheworld'spopulation,arehearingaglobalhumming

allaroundtheplanet.

Today, about 44% of American adults suffer from tinnitus at various levels of

intensity,whileinSwedenthenumberofyoungpeopleaffectedwas12%in1997and42%in
2006.Theseparasiticsoundsarelargelytheresultoflivinginanenvironmentthatisheavily

pollutedwithallkindsofartificialelectromagneticfields.

16.

Bees,Birds,Trees,andHumans

AlfonsoBalmoriMarinez,aSpanishbiologist,hascorrelatedthepopulationdensity

of sparrows with the radio-frequency radiation values in their habitats. Sparrows cannot

surviveinthemostirradiatedplaces,wherelevelsexceed3V/m,whereastherearestill42

birdsperhectareatlevelsof0.1V/m.Hehasalsoobservedamarkedchangeinthebehavior

ofstorks,wherebystorkpairswillfightinsteadofbuildingthenestorincubatingtheeggsif

theyarewithin200mofacelltower.

TheUnitedKingdomclassedthehousesparrowasanendangeredspeciesafterits

population declined by 75% between 1994 and 2002 – a period that coincided with the

deploymentofcellphonetechnology.

Homingpigeonbreedersonseveralcontinentshavefoundthat,whenreleased,up

to 90% of pigeons fail to find their way back to the dovecote, whereas this percentage

shouldnormallybetiny.In2000,Englishbreederstriedtoreroutearacesoastoavoidcell

towers,inordertogivethepigeonsabetterchanceofhomingsuccessfully.In2004,those

same breeders commissioned more extensive studies on the impact of microwaves on

pigeons.

In 2002, the US National Park Service issued a note to biologists studying wild

animal behavior, explaining that RFID chips attached to those animals to track them with

radiofrequenciescanradicallyaltertheirbehaviorduetotheradiofrequenciesgenerated.

In environments polluted by electromagnetic fields, robins cannot find their

bearingsformigration–whereaswhentheyareinaFaradaycage,theyareabletodoso.

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Anexperimentonfrogtadpolesrearedintwoseparatepoolswithin140mofacell

tower,onewithoutandtheotherwithelectromagneticshielding,displayedmortalityrates

of90%and4%respectively.

Thesametypeofharmfuleffectsarefoundininsectswhentheyareexposedtothe

electronic smog that we encounter on a daily basis, and Dr. Panagopoulous, who has

experimentedonfruitflies,reportsthatexposuretomicrowavesatcommonlevels–even

forjustafewminutesadayforafewdays–istheworstknownstressorinourdailylives,

evenworsethanchemicalsorlow-frequencyelectromagneticfields.

Bees are also being negatively impacted, as we saw on the Isle of Wight at the

beginning of this summary. Dr. Daniel Favre (Switzerland) has demonstrated that in the

presence of microwaves, bees emit the sound typically heard when they swarm, which

suggeststhattheinsectswanttoescapetheemissionsource.Thevarroamiteisgenerally

blamedforcolonycollapsesyndrome;however,weforgetthatthismitehascohabitedwith

beesforalongtime.Inaddition,itcanoftenbeobservedthatnowadaysevenadeadcolony

isnotinfestedwithparasites,eventhoughthisusedtobethecase“before”.Thefingerof

blameisalsolevelledatpesticides–yet,aswehaveseen,90%ofthebeesontheIsleof

Wightdisappearedwithoutanypesticideshavingbeenusedinthatarea.Thetruecauseof
colony collapse is found in human-generated electromagnetic fields, especially cell phone

technology.

In the 1980s, a burning issue emerged: the death of forests. This was blamed on

acidrain–yetthemostremoteareaswiththecleanestairwereequallyaffected.Research

wascarriedoutinGermanyandSwitzerland,andalthoughthesoilintheaffectedforestsdid

indeedprovetobeacidic,observationandexperimentationshowedthatsuchaciditycould

alsobetheresultoftheslowelectrolysisofthesoilviatreesexposedtoradarwaves,for

example. Moreover, trees on ridges were more severely affected as they were more

exposedtothenewradarsinstalledinthe1970s.

Another observation was made at the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The

giganticRussianradarsatSkruda,whichwereheavilyirradiatingthewholeregionintheir

taskofmonitoringtheWest,hadnotonlycausedharmtotheforest,butalsotoanimalsand

human beings. After numerous studies, it was found that the growth rings of the trees

duringtheyearswhentheradarswereoperatingweremuchsmallerthanthosefromeither

beforeorafterthatperiod.

InSchwarzenburginSwitzerland,ashortwaveradioantennawasinstalledin1939,

and the transmission power was subsequently increased to 450 kW in 1954. This was

followedbyadeteriorationinthehealthofthelocalinhabitants,whocomplainedofEHS

symptoms.Thevillagechildrenhaddifficultiesatschoolandseemedunabletoadvanceto

highereducation,unlikethechildrenoflessexposedneighboringvillages.Finally,in1992,a

study was carried out which confirmed that, within a radius of 900m of the antenna, the

physiological analysis parameters of the people and animals at the site were abnormal. It

wasalsofoundthatthetreegrowthringswerecompressed–butonlyonthesidefacingthe

radiation source. On March 28

th

1998, the transmitter was shut down and a “before-and-

after”studywascarriedout;thisdemonstratedthatthemelatoninlevelsofthe58subjects
tested had increased again. A 50-year-old villager was finally able to sleep for a full night

withoutinterruptionforthefirsttimeinhislife.OnMay29

th

1996,PhilippeRoch,Directorof

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the Office for the Environment, stated that there was “a proven correlation between the

sleepdisordersandcommunicationsoperations".

17.

IntheCountryoftheBlind

Howmuchlongerdowehavetowaitbeforebeingabletosay"Yourcellphoneis

killing me!” rather than "I'm electro-hypersensitive”? And yet the number of people

sufferingfromheadachesduetousingcellphonesishuge.In2010,two-thirdsofUkrainian

universitystudentsinterviewedadmittedthefactthatitisnotsociallyacceptabletoopenly

discussthisissue.GroHarlemBrundtlandwasEHSwhenshewasheadoftheWorldHealth

Organization.Shewasquiteopenaboutthefact,butwasforcedtoresignfromherpostone

yearlater.Thisdeterredotherhigh-rankingpublicfiguresfromfollowingherexample.

Onlyaminorityofpeoplesufferingfromelectromagneticpollutionknowwhatthey

are suffering from, while the great majority have no idea. The entire population is being

electrocutedbyremotecontrolandonealmosthastoapologizeforbeingelectro-sensitive

or,tobeprecise,electro-hypersensitive,justasifonehadtoapologizeforbeing"cyanide-

hypersensitive". For the truth is that electricity, as it is currently being used, is toxic.

Moreover,statisticalgraphsclearlyshowanincreaseinthemortalityrateoftheinhabitants
of nine American cities shortly after the first base stations were put into operation. This

increasedmortalityrangesfrom25toover80%.

A survey conducted by a daily newspaper, which asked New Yorkers to report

whethertheyhadbegunsufferingfromanumberofEHSsymptomsafterNovember15

th

,

1996,gatheredhundredsoftestimoniesfromawiderangeofracialandsocialclasses.The

dateinquestionwasthedaywhenthefirstcellphonenetworkwentintooperation.

The Cellular Phone Task Force, an organization started by Arthur Firstenberg in

1996, is inundated with requests for help from people harmed by microwave radio

frequencies. So many emitters of all kinds proliferate – from WiFi, WiMAX, radar stations

and irradiation emitted from the sky by telecommunications satellites, that it seems as if

soontherewillbenowheretoescapeto.

Prof. Olle Johansson of the prestigious Karolinska Institute, who is famous for

awarding the Nobel Prize for Medicine, has focused on demonstrating the effects of

electronicsmogonlivingorganismssince1977.Thesuccessofhisstudiesledtohisbeing

marginalizedathisinstitute,thefundingforhisresearchdisappearingandtohisreceiving

death threats; on one occasion, he narrowly escaped an attempt on his life through the

sabotage of his motorcycle. Despite everything, he continues to inform the world of the

truthinordertodefend,amongothers,thosesufferingfromEHS,whoseliveshavebecome

hellonearth.Heisdisgustedbythewayinwhichthegovernmentsofso-called“democratic”

countrieshavesimplyabandonedthevictimsofradiofrequenciestotheirfate.

DrEricaMallery-Blythe,whohasdualBritishandAmericannationality,completed

herstudiesin1998.In2007,afterfollowingherF-16pilothusbandtotheUSA,shebecame

severelyaffectedbyEHSwithoutrealizingit.Herinternetresearchesfinallyenabledherto

understand what was happening to her. As a doctor, she was puzzled as to how such a
profound and disabling condition could exist without her ever having heard of it in her

profession.Tosethermindatrest,shedecidedtoundergoanMRItoruleouttheriskof

braincancer.Shebelievedthatherdeathwasimminentwhenthehighfrequencypulsations

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were engaged, but recovered full health and vitality in Death Valley, far from radio

frequencies.Sincethen,shehasdedicatedherselftoinformingandhelpingthe5%(atleast)

ofthepopulationwhoareEHSandhavebeentotallyabandonedbytheauthorities.

Yury Grigoriev, who is generally regarded as the grandfather of electromagnetic

research in Russia, is extremely concerned about young people above all, and has stated

that this is the first time in the history of humanity that people’s brains are being openly

exposed to microwaves – which is extremely serious in the eyes of a radiobiologist. In

particular,hecitesaKoreanstudywhichshowsthatattentiondeficithyperactivitydisorder

(ADHD)inchildrenisconnectedtotheuseofcellphones.

Inthelate1990s,theSwedishneurosurgeonLeifSalfordandhisteamprovedthat

cellphonesmaketheblood-brainbarrierpermeable,causingAlzheimer'sdisease.In2003

they showed that a single exposure of only two hours causes permanent damage to the

brain.

In2015,Turkishscientistsirradiatedratsforanhouradayforamonth,usingtypical

cellphonewaves.Theirradiatedratshad10%fewerbraincellsthanthosethathadbeen

spared that treatment. The same team experimented on pregnant rats for 9 days at the
sameradiationlevel.Therats’progenyshoweddegenerationofthebrain,spinalcord,heart,

kidneys, liver, spleen, thymus and testicles. The same experiment repeated on young rats

causedatrophyofthespinalcordtogetherwithdecreasedmyelin,likethatseeninmultiple

sclerosis.

InSeptember1998,thefirst66satellitesforspacetelephonywentintooperation,

causinganincreaseintheUSA’snationalmortalityrateofnearly5%inthetwosubsequent

weeks.Duringthesameperiod,itwasobservedthatbirdswerenolongerflyingandthat

EHS people became particularly ill. Today, about 1,100 artificial satellites fly over us, but

several companies – Google, Facebook, SpaceX, OneWeb and Samsung – are planning to

launch up to 4,600 new communications satellites each by 2020, in order to blanket the

entireplanetwithhigh-speedInternetaccess.

In1968,eventhefirstsmallfleetof28militarysatellitesprecipitatedaworldwide

flupandemic.Unlikeaground-basedantenna,whoseradiationishighlyattenuatedwhenit

reaches the magnetosphere, satellites act directly on it through mechanisms that are still

poorlyunderstood,thuscompromisinglifeonearth.WeforgetthewarningsofRossAdey,

thegrandfatherofbioelectromagnetics,andoftheatmosphericphysicistNeilCherry,that

weareelectricallyregulatedbytheworldsurroundingusandthatthesafelevelofexposure

to radiofrequencies is therefore zero. This potentially catastrophic initiative must be

opposed and the organization leading the way is the Global Union Against Radiation

DeploymentfromSpace(GUARDS;

www.stopglobalwifi.org/

).

In 2014, the physician Tetsuharu Shinjyo published a "before-and-after" study. He

evaluatedthehealthof122inhabitantsofabuildingonwhichbasestationantennashad

been installed. Twenty-one suffered from chronic fatigue, 14 from dizziness or Ménière’s

disease,14fromheadaches,17fromeyepainorinfections,14frominsomniaand10from

chronic nosebleeds. Five months after the antennas were removed, only 2 cases of
insomnia,1caseofvertigoand1caseofheadachesremained!

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This human rights emergency, which affects hundreds of millions of people on a

planetaryscale,andtheenvironmentalemergencythatthreatenstheextinctionofcountless

speciesofplantsandanimalsmustbefacedwithclear-sightedandunflinchingresolution.